Cortez Earl Ruffin, a 27-year-old African American man from Warrensville Heights, Cleveland, died after being shot on July 26, 2018. He had been outside the Dog Pound Lounge on St. Clair Avenue while a music video was being filmed for local rapper Q Money and was reportedly trying to break up a fight when he was shot multiple times. Witnesses said a second unknown male fired additional rounds at Ruffin while he lay on the ground receiving first aid. Ruffin succumbed to his injuries the next day.

The shooting also wounded several others and prompted a major police investigation. No arrests had been announced immediately after the incident. Who in the neighborhood or anyone present at the filming might have seen something useful that night?